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[janmisali]

Letter Tournament: HWAIR vs YOGH

Ƕ (Hwair)

SEED: 48

CODEPOINTS: U+0195 LATIN SMALL LETTER HV, U+01F6 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER HWAIR

BIO: a letter used for transliterating the Gothic letter hwair, used similarly to the English digraph wh.

Ȝ (Yogh)

SEED: 81

CODEPOINTS: U+021C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER YOGH, U+021D LATIN SMALL LETTER YOGH

BIO: a letter used in Middle English and Older Scots. it looks like Z or ezh, but it's more closely related to G.

which is the best letter?

hwair

yogh

Voting ended onMar 5, 2025

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